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Device uses graphene plasmons to convert mid-infrared light to electrical signals

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A team of researchers has developed a device that uses the material graphene to detect mid-infrared light and efficiently convert it to electrical signal at room temperature. It's a breakthrough that could lead to better communications system...

Sep 19, 2018

Soot forensics: Carbon fingerprints reveal curved nanostructure

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Researchers have moved one step closer to reducing air pollution from engines by imaging soot nanoparticles to reveal their unique signatures. The nanoparticle structures are like fingerprints, revealing curved fullerene-like molecules and helping...

Sep 19, 2018

Graphene tunnelling junctions: beyond the breaking point

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Molecular electronics is a burgeoning field of research that aims to integrate single molecules as active elements in electronic devices. Obtaining a complete picture of the charge transport properties in molecular junctions is the first step towa...

Sep 19, 2018

Graphene tunnelling junctions: beyond the breaking point

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Scientists tudied the charge transport in a novel system, the 'graphene mechanical break junction' ,which for the first time allowed direct experimental observation of quantum interference effects in bilayer graphene as a function of nan...

Sep 19, 2018

Graphene tunnelling junctions: beyond the breaking point

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Scientists tudied the charge transport in a novel system, the 'graphene mechanical break junction' ,which for the first time allowed direct experimental observation of quantum interference effects in bilayer graphene as a function of nan...

Sep 19, 2018

Nucleation a boon to sustainable nanomanufacturing

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Calcium carbonate is found nearly everywhere, in sidewalk cement, wall paint, antacid tablets and deep underground. Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have used a unique set of state-of-the-art imaging techniques to discover how calci...

Sep 19, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Halas wins American Chemical Society Award in Colloid Chemistry: Rice University nanophotonics pioneer honored for colloid research

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The American Chemical Society (ACS) has awarded Rice University nanoscientist Naomi Halas the 2019 ACS Award in Colloid Chemistry.

Sep 19, 2018

Nucleation a boon to sustainable nanomanufacturing

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Engineers have used a unique set of state-of-the-art imaging techniques to discover how calcium carbonate nanoparticles nucleate, which is important for those manufacturing the carbonate nanomaterials and controlling metal carbonation during CO2 s...

Sep 19, 2018

Nucleation a boon to sustainable nanomanufacturing

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Engineers have used a unique set of state-of-the-art imaging techniques to discover how calcium carbonate nanoparticles nucleate, which is important for those manufacturing the carbonate nanomaterials and controlling metal carbonation during CO2 s...

Sep 19, 2018

"Nuclear pasta" ranked strongest material in the universe

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Forget steel, forget diamond and even forget everyone's favorite wonder material graphene – "nuclear pasta" may be the strongest material in the universe. This strange substance is formed in the intense pressures inside neutron star...

Sep 19, 2018

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